The script for pon is:
/usr/sbin/ppp call ${1:-provider}
plog:
tail $* /var/log/ppp.log
poff:
#!/bin/sh
# $Id: poff,v 1.4 1998/05/26 14:46:08 phil Exp $
# Written by Phil Hands <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, distributed under the GNU GPL
SIG=TERM DONE=stopped;
getopts rdch FLAG
case $FLAG in
"r") SIG=HUP DONE=signalled; shift ;;
"d") SIG=USR1 DONE=signalled; shift ;;
"c") SIG=USR2 DONE=signalled; shift ;;
"h") cat <<!EOF!
usage: $0 [options] [provider]
options:
-r cause pppd to drop the line and redial
-d toggles the state of pppd's debug option
-c cause pppd to renegotiate compression
-h this help summary
!EOF!
exit 1
;;
esac
PROVIDER=$1
# Lets see how many pppds are running....
set -- `cat /var/run/ppp*.pid 2>/dev/null`
case $# in
0) # pppd only creates a pid file once ppp is up, so let's try killing
pppd
# on the assumption that we've not got that far yet.
kill -${SIG} `ps axw | egrep "pppd call [[:alnum:]]+" | grep -v grep |
awk '{print $1}'`
exit 0
;;
1) # If only one was running then it can be killed using the pid
kill -${SIG} $1
exit 0
;;
*) # More than one! Aieehh.. We have to use ps to figure it out.
# If no arguments were specified, then assume the 'provider' default.
PID=`ps axw | egrep "pppd call ${PROVIDER:-provider}[[:space:]]*\$" |
grep -v grep | awk '{print $1}'`
if [ $PID ]; then
kill -${SIG} ${PID}
exit 0
else
echo "I could not find a pppd process or provider
'${PROVIDER:-provider}'. None ${DONE}"
exit 1
fi
;;
esac
Here's man pon:
NAME
pon, poff, plog - startup, shutdown, or list the log of
the PPP connection.
SYNOPSIS
pon
poff
plog
DESCRIPTION
pon and poff switch the ppp connection on and off.
Progress and logged events related to the ppp connection
can be viewed using plog
REQUIREMENTS FOR the p-commands to work
/etc/ppp.chatscript
must contain the correct chatscript to connect to
your provider. All users that are supposed to be
able to use the p-commands should have read access
to this file.
/etc/ppp.options_out
contains the options for ppp to connect to your
provider. This file also must be readable by all
users who should be able to use the p-commands.
FILES
/etc/ppp.chatscript
/etc/ppp.options_out
/etc/ppp/options
/var/log/ppp.log
/etc/ppp/pap-secrets
/etc/ppp/chap-secrets
SEE ALSO
pppd(8), chat(8), and the documentation in /usr/doc/ppp
AUTHOR
The p-commands were written by Christoph Lameter <clame�
[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
----- Original Message -----
From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, August 07, 2000 11:25 AM
Subject: Re: ppp working
> I meant, what does it do. It is probably a 2 line shell script file you
> could list with
>
> cat $(which poff)
>
> I don't have pon, poff, ppp-off, nor man pages for them. poff is
> probably exactly kill-blah-blah, but if the blah-blah includes -KILL or
> -9 the target pid will die immediately without getting a chance to
> remove its pid file or lock file.
>
> On Mon, 7 Aug 2000, davidturetsky wrote:
>
> > Makes a ppp connection
> >
> > check man pon
> >
> > poff seems to be the functional equivalent of KILL-blah-blah...
> >
> > They both appear to break the connection with an authentic click of the
> > modem relay
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